English Explanatory Dictionary

meacock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man; a meek man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

meacock meacocks

Etymology

Probably a blend of meek + peacock, or from meek + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). For cock in a diminutive, see also niddicock.

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